PSYC 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Frontal Lobe, Phineas Gage, Prefrontal Cortex
31 Oct 2018
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Know standard deviation- 1 variable (bar chart), where 70% of the scores are, spread/squish and correlation- bivariate distribution, 2 variables, distance from dots (points) to the line (line of best t) Peripheral- extremities of the body, all through the body. Midbrain- very small, gets info from the body and sends it to a speci c part of the brain. Hindbrain- brainstem, breathing, blinking, control of unconscious thought. Phineas gage- was stabbed in the prefrontal cortex, could remember things, and function, but his personality changed, he was angry. Alcohol impacts the prefrontal cortex- risk assessment is o . Primary motor cortex- small slice in the frontal lobe- controls movement, legs, arms, lips. Broca"s area- small section in the frontal lobe- controls ability to speak. Alcohol impacts the frontal lobe- slurring words, balance is o . Primary somatosensory cortex- in the parietal lobe- know when something is touching you, can sense when something is touching you.
